Food coloring

[Momof4]

Yes, and red food colouring comes from ground up beetles. That's natural too. Yummmm.

[angelina]

Yes, and red food colouring comes from ground up beetles. That's natural too. Yummmm.

I'm a gardener and the primary food source of Dactylopius coccus (bettles) is Opuntia (prickly pear cactus). Hence, it is organic, then it will easily decay, like eating any meat product --- if you pass the yuck factor. I love prickly pears cactus, and I would eat it regularly if it was not expensive. LOL, this bettle eat it for free? The fun facts of nature...

Another source of red dye - not bright red is the 4 o clock flower (Mirabilis jalapa). Again, organic, and easily water soluble, digestible, a plant source.

Pandan - source of green pigment is also a tropical plant with high fiber content, which decays at the rate of eating spinach.

Maybe, the ones we have now are synthetic, which releases carcinogen to our bodies, causing diseases such as cancers?

There was an article linking it to ADD, but then again, any synthetic food additives does not do any good to your body anyway. So, we avoid it, right?

I would have no idea what is the source of our food dye nowadays, as I buy them in pack of 4, small tiny bottles.

I used my food coloring to color my play dough, but not much on baking or cooking in general.

I also use them to color ice blocks for our sculpture project outside.

What else do you use food coloring for?